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In this section, you will find current news stories from the WCIRB. To view stories from previous years, choose a year from the pull-down menu at the right of this page.
The WCIRB has released its enhanced Quarterly Experience Report based on statewide workers’ compensation insurer loss and premium experience through December 31, 2017.
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The CDI announced that it will hold a public hearing on May 2, 2018 to consider the WCIRB’s July 1, 2018 Pure Premium Rate Filing
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Today, the WCIRB submitted a July 1, 2018 Pure Premium Rate Filing to the California Department of Insurance (CDI) proposing advisory pure premium rates that average $1.80 per $100 of payroll effective July 1, 2017.
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The WCIRB Governing Committee voted to authorize the WCIRB to submit a mid-year pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance (CDI).
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The WCIRB Governing Committee will meet on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at the WCIRB’s office in Oakland, California.
The Governing Committee will review the Actuarial Committee’s analysis of insurer experience as of December 31, 2017 and consider whether a mid-year pure premium rate filing is warranted.
The full agenda, including the location and time of the meeting, is available in the Committee Meeting Documents page of the WCIRB’s website (wcirb.com).
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The WCIRB Actuarial Committee will meet on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at the WCIRB’s office in Oakland, California.
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In an open letter to the California workers' compensation community posted on WCIRB.com, President and CEO Bill Mudge underscores the WCIRB’s ongoing commitment to fostering a healthy workers’ compensation system, highlighting some of the WCIRB's key initiatives and accomplishments from the past year.
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The WCIRB held its 102nd Annual Meeting in Oakland for the purpose of electing new insurer members to the Governing Committee and Classification and Rating Committee to fill vacancies created by expiring terms.
Committee members elected at today’s meeting will serve a three-year term expiring at the Annual Meeting in 2021. The members elected the following:
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The WCIRB Actuarial Committee will meet on Monday, March 19, 2018 at the WCIRB’s office in Oakland, California.
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The WCIRB has released its Study of Chronic Opioid Use and Weaning in California Workers’ Compensation. This Study uses data from the WCIRB databases of medical transaction records and unit statistical reports to help understand the cost implications of chronic opioid use and the process of weaning injured workers off of opioids in California workers’ compensation.
Key findings of the Study include:
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The WCIRB Classification and Rating Committee will meet on March 20, 2018 at the WCIRB’s office in Oakland, California.
At the meeting, the Committee will review draft classification studies for the following:
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The WCIRB Classification and Rating Committee will meet on January 23, 2018 at the WCIRB’s office in Oakland, California.
At the meeting, the Committee will review proposed amendments regarding the reporting of certain medical only claims, proposed changes to the explanatory page of the WCIRB experience rating worksheet, a draft Telecommunications study and a draft Aircraft Charter classification study.
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